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and a u.s. military aircraft carrier is back in virginia after a time spent patrolling the waters in the middle east but what was the u.s.s. eisenhower doing during his time in the strait of hormuz and what is it capable of we take a deep dive into one of the world's most powerful ships. plus british mega bank h.s.b.c. just settled with the u.s. government for alleged money laundering already the bank is back in court and the charge this time is predatory lending caused by a significant but caused a sniff an amount of loss of tax revenues for three georgia county do these counties have a fighting chance we'll question more. it's thursday december twenty seventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching our team. well we begin this hour in bahrain a country that played a major role in the arab spring uprisings but one that was often overlooked in news coverage while the world watched egypt libya and others topple their dictators the people of bahrain had a different narrativ
and a u.s. military aircraft carrier is back in virginia after a time spent patrolling the waters in the middle east but what was the u.s.s. eisenhower doing during his time in the strait of hormuz and what is it capable of we take a deep dive into one of the world's most powerful ships. plus british mega bank h.s.b.c. just settled with the u.s. government for alleged money laundering already the bank is back in court and the charge this time is predatory lending caused by a significant but...
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and they were sent to a u.s. gun tracing program from the u.s. . they. excuse me the gun tracing program from the us shows that seventy percent are from here in the u.s. could you elaborate a bit more on how these cartels are getting armed so as you mentioned a lot of them are coming from central america smuggled that way through the south but a significant amount are coming from inside of the border and while a lot of this is illegal smuggling we shouldn't forget that actually through operations like fast and furious that a lot of these guns were deliberately channeled to cartels and the a.t.f. has you know as years has shown screwed this up a little bit a lot of these guns have appeared in murders the point of it was to track weapons to high. type players in the cartels but it obviously hasn't been successful you just mentioned fast and furious and right now there is a big debate here it's been a long running debate over gun control especially after certain tragedies could this be an example of how lax gun laws lead to the cartels being able to easily
and they were sent to a u.s. gun tracing program from the u.s. . they. excuse me the gun tracing program from the us shows that seventy percent are from here in the u.s. could you elaborate a bit more on how these cartels are getting armed so as you mentioned a lot of them are coming from central america smuggled that way through the south but a significant amount are coming from inside of the border and while a lot of this is illegal smuggling we shouldn't forget that actually through...
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the u.s. government is not going to be able to pump out safe and liquid assets on the scale that the global economy requires so there will have to be other sources of those assets in my book a year and a half ago i said the eurozone and china are the most likely alternatives but they're both having problems at the moment so there really is no alternative to the dollar that's one factor supporting the currency and the other fundamental is the liquidity of u.s. financial markets the u.s. treasury bond market is the single largest and most liquid financial market in the world and that's important in times of turbulence that's what continues to make the dollar and only the dollar crude safe haven currency so then even if there were because you're saying the euro the renminbi they're not qualified even if they were do you see a scenario where you would ever be confident that central banks could have an orderly transition to another fee based monetary order where another currency was the reserve cur
the u.s. government is not going to be able to pump out safe and liquid assets on the scale that the global economy requires so there will have to be other sources of those assets in my book a year and a half ago i said the eurozone and china are the most likely alternatives but they're both having problems at the moment so there really is no alternative to the dollar that's one factor supporting the currency and the other fundamental is the liquidity of u.s. financial markets the u.s. treasury...
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in a rare appearance on a u.s. talk show he appealed to congress to make a deal to avoid tipping the country into recession. you're watching al-jazeera live from london. also coming up, 21 policemen are buried in pakistan after being kidnap and shot by the taliban. anger and grief in india. candlelit vigils continue as the 22-year-old gang rape victim is cremated. plus moments of impact -- amateur video captures a russian plane after it overshoots a runway and crashes into a motorway. hello, president obama has made another appeal to the u.s. congress to reach an agreement in the next 48 hours to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. it's a term used to describe the expiry of tax cuts dating back to 2001. if there is no deal, 88% of americans will end up paying $400 billion more in 2014. that will be coupled with more than a trillion dollars in automatic government spending cuts. according to the congressional budget office it will start with $200 billion in military and social welfare cuts next year. the big concern o
in a rare appearance on a u.s. talk show he appealed to congress to make a deal to avoid tipping the country into recession. you're watching al-jazeera live from london. also coming up, 21 policemen are buried in pakistan after being kidnap and shot by the taliban. anger and grief in india. candlelit vigils continue as the 22-year-old gang rape victim is cremated. plus moments of impact -- amateur video captures a russian plane after it overshoots a runway and crashes into a motorway. hello,...
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libya was desperately pleading for u.s. attention back in, for eight tickets of to get to the list and on its own feet. this was before the discovery of oil. the u.s. kind of took, welcome here not as important as egypt, for example. we will think about that. the result was that the prime minister at the time basically devised the plan to court the soviets and see if he can grab the attention. the next major event was libyas and the successful bid of qaddafi said change the way the oil pricing was conducted by squeezing the independent oil companies occidental petroleum first and foremost in to changing the system whereby there would be a 5050 split and basically controlling interest by u.s. oil companies and libyan oil. and that is the consequence of that which has come through to this day in terms of increasing the power of nickel states, saudi arabia in particular. so libya and fast forward to the arabs bring, you know, very important point is that the deal became a sort of, you know, obama in 20002-9 delivered his famou
libya was desperately pleading for u.s. attention back in, for eight tickets of to get to the list and on its own feet. this was before the discovery of oil. the u.s. kind of took, welcome here not as important as egypt, for example. we will think about that. the result was that the prime minister at the time basically devised the plan to court the soviets and see if he can grab the attention. the next major event was libyas and the successful bid of qaddafi said change the way the oil pricing...
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the u.s. is an empire people in the u.s. have not experienced the kind of economic turmoil that they have somewhere like argentina where they went through a default is there a difference in people's approach to risk and perceived risk and their desire and willingness to hedge against it somewhere like argentina where they've experienced that kind of thing firsthand versus the u.s. where they can hear about what could possibly go wrong but they haven't experienced that kind of economic turmoil to that extent. yeah you know i'd say i mean i i spent about five months of the year and argentina and you know the understanding of the cycles that tend to happen you know they tend to happen every sort of ten years where you know you get major currency blowups. that. seceded by the kind of breakdowns and civil liberties that that we're talking about possibly. happening here in the us. the people are very very aware of what's going on and so a lot of their enterprises are kind of forced underground into what's so that just dismissed if
the u.s. is an empire people in the u.s. have not experienced the kind of economic turmoil that they have somewhere like argentina where they went through a default is there a difference in people's approach to risk and perceived risk and their desire and willingness to hedge against it somewhere like argentina where they've experienced that kind of thing firsthand versus the u.s. where they can hear about what could possibly go wrong but they haven't experienced that kind of economic turmoil...
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u.s. president barack obama. they talked about meeting next month in washington. it would be abe's first foreign visit after forming a new government. he's made strengthening the japan-u.s. relationship a priority. we have more from washington. >> people in the obama administration place a high priority on stability in the asia-pacific. they have been troubled by increase in tension between japan and china over which country owns the islands in the east china sea. and they're concerned the conflicting flames allowed to fester, it could unsettle the dynamic in the region. they want to see security policies and sophisticated diplomacy to calm the situation. u.s. leaders are worried of being drawn into a military confrontation because of their alliance with japan. >> our message to the new japanese government is the same assed to former japanese government, is that we want to see both japan and china avoid provocative acts. we want to see them talk to each other and work this through by dialo
u.s. president barack obama. they talked about meeting next month in washington. it would be abe's first foreign visit after forming a new government. he's made strengthening the japan-u.s. relationship a priority. we have more from washington. >> people in the obama administration place a high priority on stability in the asia-pacific. they have been troubled by increase in tension between japan and china over which country owns the islands in the east china sea. and they're concerned...
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u.s. west coast. experts used data from previous launches to make their estimate. they say a missile launched in 2009 had a range of almost 7,000 kilometers. north korean officials tried again in april. the rocket exploded shortly after takeoff. but the first booster burned 18 seconds longer than those used in previous attempts. the experts believe engineers may have succeeded in reducing the size of a nuclear warhead. south korean officials say workers have completed the assembly of the three-stage missile. they say once the crew injects the fuel, it will be ready to go. authorities in pyongyang say they've launch between the 10th and 22nd of this month. they say they're sending a satellite into orbit. but leaders of japan and other countries believe the north koreans are carrying out a test of a long-range ballistic missile. the senior u.s. diplomat on north korea has warned the leadership there. he said the u.s. will refer the matter to the u.n. security council if they go ahead with th
u.s. west coast. experts used data from previous launches to make their estimate. they say a missile launched in 2009 had a range of almost 7,000 kilometers. north korean officials tried again in april. the rocket exploded shortly after takeoff. but the first booster burned 18 seconds longer than those used in previous attempts. the experts believe engineers may have succeeded in reducing the size of a nuclear warhead. south korean officials say workers have completed the assembly of the...
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u.s. congress says that despite the opposition's determination to make a morsi back down he has a strong chance of keeping the new policy his hand and himself. the country is clearly split but mr morsi is strong because he has many institutions under his control the parliament the presidency the upper layer of the army now has replaced many officers in his calculations on december the fifteenth he will win because the most organized force now in egypt at least for the next few months is the muslim brotherhood and their allies the salafist they've gotten a majority in the parliament with allies of course they've got the president elected with allies and now some of his allies have abandoned him but they don't have the strength to organize and reach out to citizens the way the muslim brotherhood have so this looks like a recipe for a long. civil uprising against the government i am not sure that this is going to go immediately into what people think could be a civil war on less acts of viole
u.s. congress says that despite the opposition's determination to make a morsi back down he has a strong chance of keeping the new policy his hand and himself. the country is clearly split but mr morsi is strong because he has many institutions under his control the parliament the presidency the upper layer of the army now has replaced many officers in his calculations on december the fifteenth he will win because the most organized force now in egypt at least for the next few months is the...
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body the u.s. is saying no thanks we'll deal with our things by ourselves and resting on a stasi a thank you that was our correspondent honest. and that it was story we're always covering the revolving door between legislators and lobbyists probably because the hits just keep on coming we've been collecting files on the people who make a living hopping back and forth between the public and private sector and these people are earn connections and power in the public sector which they can leverage into higher salaries in the private sector of course it's a win win for these individuals to go back and forth but who loses out all regular people whose interests are put on the back burner in favor of big business whose the latest and deserving of a mention a woman by the name of elizabeth fowler now liz has been going back and forth between the public and private sector her entire career specializing in the health industry and she hit the big time as the top health care aide to senator max baucus of mont
body the u.s. is saying no thanks we'll deal with our things by ourselves and resting on a stasi a thank you that was our correspondent honest. and that it was story we're always covering the revolving door between legislators and lobbyists probably because the hits just keep on coming we've been collecting files on the people who make a living hopping back and forth between the public and private sector and these people are earn connections and power in the public sector which they can...
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and a u.s. military aircraft carrier is back in virginia after a time spent patrolling the waters in the middle east but what was the u.s.s. eisenhower doing during his time in the strait of hormuz and what is it capable of we take a deep dive into one of the most powerful ships in the world. flushing british mega bank h.s.b.c. just settled with the u.s. government for alleged money laundering already the bank is back in court charged with predatory lending in three counties in the state of georgia do they have a fighting chance. it's thursday december twenty seventh eight kim in washington d.c. as in you're watching r t we begin tonight in buffer a country that's played a major role in the arab spring uprisings but one that is often overlooked in news coverage while the world watched egypt and libya topple their dictators the people of bahrain have had a different narrative now to give you some background as a small island nation off the coast of saudi arabia in the gulf it's been under the rul
and a u.s. military aircraft carrier is back in virginia after a time spent patrolling the waters in the middle east but what was the u.s.s. eisenhower doing during his time in the strait of hormuz and what is it capable of we take a deep dive into one of the most powerful ships in the world. flushing british mega bank h.s.b.c. just settled with the u.s. government for alleged money laundering already the bank is back in court charged with predatory lending in three counties in the state of...
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can u.s. representative say the internet needs to be to remain free from government control and sound hypocritical to you that story still ahead. thanks x. . six. and now to a story where always on top of and that is the role revolving door between legislators and lobbyist probably because the hits just keep on coming we've been collecting files on the people who make a living hopping back and forth between the public and private sector now these people earn connections and power in the public sector which they can leverage into higher salaries in the private sector of course it's a win win for them to go back and forth but who loses out all the regular people whose interests are put on the back burner in favor of big business well who's the latest deserving of a mention a woman by the name of elizabeth fowler now lives has been going back and forth between the public and private sector her entire career specializing in the health care industry she hit the big time as a top health care aide to
can u.s. representative say the internet needs to be to remain free from government control and sound hypocritical to you that story still ahead. thanks x. . six. and now to a story where always on top of and that is the role revolving door between legislators and lobbyist probably because the hits just keep on coming we've been collecting files on the people who make a living hopping back and forth between the public and private sector now these people earn connections and power in the public...
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to propose new law banning u.s. citizens from adopting russian children gets a second reading in parliament just ahead. and up an ecuadorian embassy in london for six months the world's top whistleblower juma song it's a christmas message i'm plotting his personal aspirations for the year to come. president barack obama backs the renewal of a ban on assault weapons in the u.s. after the massacre of twenty children at sandy hook elementary school. well news and much more from our new mosque a studio is this is a state. of a bill which if passed will prevent a u.s. citizens from adopting children from the country the action is said to be part of moscow's response to washington applying sanctions against a list of russians as part of the so-called magnitsky act several activists have been detained after staging protests against the proposed adoption ban in the russian capital they say it's the children that will be victimized if the legislation goes through. the courts now from the state duma. just to remind us that a
to propose new law banning u.s. citizens from adopting russian children gets a second reading in parliament just ahead. and up an ecuadorian embassy in london for six months the world's top whistleblower juma song it's a christmas message i'm plotting his personal aspirations for the year to come. president barack obama backs the renewal of a ban on assault weapons in the u.s. after the massacre of twenty children at sandy hook elementary school. well news and much more from our new mosque a...
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barack obama has signed into law the u.s. mike netsky bill which concerns russian officials which the u.s. accuses of involvement in the death of surrogate magnitsky a lawyer who died in prison in two thousand and nine having been imprisoned on tax evasion charges which his supporters say were trumped up russia though has for a long time now railed against this legislation saying it is rank hypocrisy and that if the magnitsky bill was a pop worse past it was attached to a piece of trade legislation then retaliation would come to move putin has spoken out calling the new legislation totally unnecessary. but frankly speaking i don't understand why our american colleagues are doing this most likely it's internal political intrigue little bulletin the foreign ministry has already called it the theater of the absurd but that's precisely what it is look which is a sort of game agony to his death was a tragedy but does nobody die in u.s. prisons and maybe even in greater numbers going up a bit is a listen here for eight years they h
barack obama has signed into law the u.s. mike netsky bill which concerns russian officials which the u.s. accuses of involvement in the death of surrogate magnitsky a lawyer who died in prison in two thousand and nine having been imprisoned on tax evasion charges which his supporters say were trumped up russia though has for a long time now railed against this legislation saying it is rank hypocrisy and that if the magnitsky bill was a pop worse past it was attached to a piece of trade...
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we believe that u.s. oil production entirely due to the horizontal drilling in the shales is going to grow by about two million barrels a day in aggregate for the whole industry over about a four-year period, 2011 through 2015. and that's going to be the largest growth we've seen in a long time. even today, we're at a peak production that we haven't seen for 15 years in the united states due to this horizontal drilling boom. it's taken us a long way and i believe by 2020 we have a real good chance in the u.s. to be north american oil independent. and fundamentally what that means is we won't be relying on opec oil imports by 2020. we're going to rely on canadian imports plus burgeoning u.s. production. that is a major major change in the united states energy picture. >> now mark, one of the things that i've learned from you is that the numbers that we often see are radically understated. the government will put out numbers. it seems like every time they put out numbers they're well behind. what is the dis
we believe that u.s. oil production entirely due to the horizontal drilling in the shales is going to grow by about two million barrels a day in aggregate for the whole industry over about a four-year period, 2011 through 2015. and that's going to be the largest growth we've seen in a long time. even today, we're at a peak production that we haven't seen for 15 years in the united states due to this horizontal drilling boom. it's taken us a long way and i believe by 2020 we have a real good...
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the u.s. invasion of mexico was somehow wicked. one thing i talk about in this book and tonight is the evolution of the american public during the course of u.s.-mexico war, which is not about word by any means from being really the csh to largely turning against the war. i see the u.s.-mexico war as a moment of america's first antiwar movement coming into being. so there's antiwar sentiment during the revolution and certainly during the war of 1812. that sentiment was limited. but gc happened in 1847 is a consensus across the board. people across the country can soldiers in the field, officers, politicians, all decided that a war was the successful invasion of their country was wrong in protesting the war. so this is an interesting moment in american history and it takes place and they were people don't know much about. the u.s.-mexico were, people don't write about it a lot. it doesn't have a good place in the historical imagination of americans. it's often confused the texas revolution that
the u.s. invasion of mexico was somehow wicked. one thing i talk about in this book and tonight is the evolution of the american public during the course of u.s.-mexico war, which is not about word by any means from being really the csh to largely turning against the war. i see the u.s.-mexico war as a moment of america's first antiwar movement coming into being. so there's antiwar sentiment during the revolution and certainly during the war of 1812. that sentiment was limited. but gc happened...
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the u.s. senate used to block a u.n. treaty. a treaty meant to improve the lives of millions of disabled people around the world. hundreds of millions. the treaty is called the united nations conventions on the rights of persons with disabilities. it was modeled on the americans with disabilities act. the treaty was meant to encourage other countries to be more like the u.s. on the issue of equal rights for the disabled. also disabled americans who visit or live in other countries could potentially benefit from the u.n. treaty. 125 countries ratified it. but on tuesday, 38 u.s. republican senators voted against it. there names are right there. some of them flip-flopped at the last minute. some had signaled support for the treaty and then indicated they'd vote for it only to vote against it. one of the measure's co-sponsored, jerry mirrand, actually voted against it. so the guy who co-sponsored it voted against it. we asked him to come on the program yesterday, today as well. he declined. a for
the u.s. senate used to block a u.n. treaty. a treaty meant to improve the lives of millions of disabled people around the world. hundreds of millions. the treaty is called the united nations conventions on the rights of persons with disabilities. it was modeled on the americans with disabilities act. the treaty was meant to encourage other countries to be more like the u.s. on the issue of equal rights for the disabled. also disabled americans who visit or live in other countries could...
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u.s. from the fiscal cliff. the plan is expected to be rejected by the senate. if the parties cannot agree by the end of the year, many are predicting chaos. >> it is an exercise in republican vote counting that will not result in anything for the american people. it cannot pass the senate. the president would veto it if it got to his desk. plan b, which is the only thing the house of representatives and the republicans are focused on now, a multi day exercise in utility, at a time when we do not have the luxury of exercises in futility. >> president obama and senate democrats have not done much of anything. their plan b is to slow what does over the fiscal cliff. for weeks they said they would make substantial expansions on spending cuts. i did my part. they have done nothing. >> the stalemate is moving the u.s. economy towards a so-called who fiscal cliff if agreement cannot be reached. it is expected to cause the economy to shrink close to 4% of gross domestic product. some fear it will
u.s. from the fiscal cliff. the plan is expected to be rejected by the senate. if the parties cannot agree by the end of the year, many are predicting chaos. >> it is an exercise in republican vote counting that will not result in anything for the american people. it cannot pass the senate. the president would veto it if it got to his desk. plan b, which is the only thing the house of representatives and the republicans are focused on now, a multi day exercise in utility, at a time when...
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the u.s. germany and the netherlands are deploying patriot missiles month by four hundred american troops in turkey next to see where as the northern border of defiance against possible cross border aggression the missiles range will extend deep into syrian territory and deployment could be the beginning of a no fly zone says historian and middle east expert jeremy salt. say the reason for staging the missiles on syria's border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no likelihood that syria is going to attack turkey in any case those missiles are to be directed against planes or ballistic missiles not against the artillery shells all mortars that informant cross for the the turkish border accidentally so the obvious question is why those fighters there and the speculation is based on the fact that perhaps they are there as the first step which is clearing a no fly zone and direct measurement intervention sometime next year and one has to ask the question to the germans t
the u.s. germany and the netherlands are deploying patriot missiles month by four hundred american troops in turkey next to see where as the northern border of defiance against possible cross border aggression the missiles range will extend deep into syrian territory and deployment could be the beginning of a no fly zone says historian and middle east expert jeremy salt. say the reason for staging the missiles on syria's border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no...
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the last thirty years world news in brief u.s. and philippine officials are meeting to discuss plans that could see an increased american military presence of southeast asians there a philippine government spokesman says the two countries are looking for close a maritime defense league that only ties it's believed the philippines hope a closer working relationship with the u.s. will strengthen their position on the ground going to retore of the spirit of china the new leader of china's communist party and his comment by his military to get ready for a quote struggle. the gunman is open fire on christmas shoppers in oregon in the united states he killed two and injured another before apparently turning the weapon on himself in portland the twenty two year old reportedly wore caliph large suit and hockey mask and carried an assault rifle police believe he had no connection to any of his victims and intended to kill as many people as possible. venezuela. venezuela vice president nicolas maduro says president chavez's recovery from ca
the last thirty years world news in brief u.s. and philippine officials are meeting to discuss plans that could see an increased american military presence of southeast asians there a philippine government spokesman says the two countries are looking for close a maritime defense league that only ties it's believed the philippines hope a closer working relationship with the u.s. will strengthen their position on the ground going to retore of the spirit of china the new leader of china's...
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but u.s. shoppers may be running low on holiday spirit. and analysts say that they're spending less, as well. hi, everybody. welcome. merry christmas out there. thank you for joining us here on the show. what we're looking at today, we've got slightly quiet markets ahead of the u.s. open. what we're seeing, though, that all the markets are being called lower across the board stateside. the dow is being called a bit lower, nasdaq is being called a bit lower and the s&p 500 being called down by a bybit, as well. we saw markets coming off on friday stateside. pretty significant drops, as well, given that we now seem to be a clashing of heads between the republicans and the democrats in regards to moving forward on the fiscal cliff issue. it does seems as though they're running into logger heads here slowly before the last couple of days before the deadline to solve the fiscal cliff negotiations. the ftse 100, a couple of points higher at the moment. same going for the spanish market, the aex in t
but u.s. shoppers may be running low on holiday spirit. and analysts say that they're spending less, as well. hi, everybody. welcome. merry christmas out there. thank you for joining us here on the show. what we're looking at today, we've got slightly quiet markets ahead of the u.s. open. what we're seeing, though, that all the markets are being called lower across the board stateside. the dow is being called a bit lower, nasdaq is being called a bit lower and the s&p 500 being called down...
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and now on to a story that we continue to cover u.s. sanctions in iran late last week the u.s. senate voted to increase sanctions imposing new penalties on any foreign businesses and banks that have ties to iran supports shipping shipbuilding or energy this would bring policy one step closer to a total trade embargo on iran now these sanctions were added by the senate to the annual defense authorization bill which still needs to be voted on by the house of representatives and signed into law by the president to talk more about these sanctions and also u.s. policy in iran i'm joined now by jim andi policy director for the national iranian american council and i know him all these sanctions of course are in response to you know the threat of nuclear weapons in iran but it seems like the white house isn't onboard with the same chance voted on by the senate talk a little bit about this clash and ideals here well i would i wouldn't call it a clash it was a very quiet confrontation if anything this was a sanctions package that was proposed initially as a total embargo sort of the las
and now on to a story that we continue to cover u.s. sanctions in iran late last week the u.s. senate voted to increase sanctions imposing new penalties on any foreign businesses and banks that have ties to iran supports shipping shipbuilding or energy this would bring policy one step closer to a total trade embargo on iran now these sanctions were added by the senate to the annual defense authorization bill which still needs to be voted on by the house of representatives and signed into law by...
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last week mark one year since the u.s. government announced an official end to the mission in iraq a day that president obama was very proud to tout. so as your commander in chief and on behalf of a grateful make sure i'm proud to finally say these two words and i know your families agree welcome home. ha. and today is actually one year exactly since the last convoy of heavily armored u.s. troops left the country that was the point at which according to the u.s. ended the nine year war but it is a war really over about the security contractors about the iraqis who are now left to pick up the pieces of their war torn land a land that's now plagued by devastated infrastructure poor health a weak government and a teetering economy so here to talk to me about iraq as it stands today i'm joined now by dalia waspy iraqi american activist and editor of liberated this dot com along with her husband ross the pooty activist and director of the justice for fallujah project thank you so much both of you for coming on. this really quic
last week mark one year since the u.s. government announced an official end to the mission in iraq a day that president obama was very proud to tout. so as your commander in chief and on behalf of a grateful make sure i'm proud to finally say these two words and i know your families agree welcome home. ha. and today is actually one year exactly since the last convoy of heavily armored u.s. troops left the country that was the point at which according to the u.s. ended the nine year war but it...
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military protecting u.s. diplomats abroad? >> the deputy secretary of state went up to congress today told lawmakers that they are counting on an additional 225 marine guards going out to nearly three dozen embassies around the world. the bigger question the pentagon will face is if they have to have more troops to be alert to respond to emergencies of conflict. >> can departments do their jobs if they're behind a fortress? >> not at all. hillary clinton says that diplomats cannot operate out of bunkers. they will have to rethink this mission using intelligence better and proper security where it is needed. >> will this change the way that u.s. diplomats operate? >> i have actually talked to some diplomats and they are somewhat skeptical. diplomats in pakistan are largely restricted to the embassy in islamabad and places like that. they're worried because of the concerns raised by benghazi and the tragic deaths of four americans, the work might become more difficult. >> thank you for joining us. >> across europe, demonstrators
military protecting u.s. diplomats abroad? >> the deputy secretary of state went up to congress today told lawmakers that they are counting on an additional 225 marine guards going out to nearly three dozen embassies around the world. the bigger question the pentagon will face is if they have to have more troops to be alert to respond to emergencies of conflict. >> can departments do their jobs if they're behind a fortress? >> not at all. hillary clinton says that diplomats...
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the u.s. goes over the fiscal cliff. >>> italian shares are down nearly 3% this morning. for the most part, it is bank stocks leading the way down. we're now down about 2.76% on the ftse mib. bank stocks have been hit particularly hard this morning. earlier, we saw shares down 5.6%. we're seeing the same thing, whether it's bmps hitting session lows down nearly 6% comes amid concerns about leadership and economic reform in italy following mario monte's announcement that he'll resign once the budget has been passed. this move is likely to bring the country forward to elections next year. the italian prime minister has offered no clue as to whether or not he will run and it comes after sylvia berlusconi declared over the weekend he would throw his hat in the ring for the job of premier. carolyn ross is in italy following the details there. can you walk us through the time frame here? when are we expected monte to step down? what happens next? >> good morning to you, kelly. here is the time frame
the u.s. goes over the fiscal cliff. >>> italian shares are down nearly 3% this morning. for the most part, it is bank stocks leading the way down. we're now down about 2.76% on the ftse mib. bank stocks have been hit particularly hard this morning. earlier, we saw shares down 5.6%. we're seeing the same thing, whether it's bmps hitting session lows down nearly 6% comes amid concerns about leadership and economic reform in italy following mario monte's announcement that he'll resign...
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u.s. senate unanimously passes the national defense authorization act but there is more to this legislation than meets the eye we'll tell you five things you should know about and. and what's in a name no matter if you call this military contractor blackwater the or even academy the fact is the organization still plays a major role in the war in afghanistan and their camp integrity is gaining even more pentagon support will discuss the role of private contractors in afghanistan coming up. and uncooperative u.s. senators fell five votes short of ratifying a u.n. treaty to protect the disabled this in spite of unflinching support by key republicans and an unexpected appearance by bob dole had we'll take a look on why a hundred senators couldn't agree up to a treaty that one hundred fifty five nations could. well it's wednesday december fifth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine you're watching r t. starting off this hour yesterday in a vote of ninety eight zero the senate passed the nati
u.s. senate unanimously passes the national defense authorization act but there is more to this legislation than meets the eye we'll tell you five things you should know about and. and what's in a name no matter if you call this military contractor blackwater the or even academy the fact is the organization still plays a major role in the war in afghanistan and their camp integrity is gaining even more pentagon support will discuss the role of private contractors in afghanistan coming up. and...
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and the u.s. supreme court has said that a non-self executing treaty doesn't create obligations that could be enforced in u.s. federal courts. >> the fact that it may be non-self executing, anderson, doesn't mean that it doesn't have any impact at all. it just means that you might not be able to bring a lawsuit arising under that treaty. >> but it doesn't become the law of the u.s. >> actually, it does. article 6 of the u.s. constitution says any treaty ratified by a two-thirds super majority of the senate does become the supreme law of the land. this could come up in litigation and although you couldn't have a cause of action arising directly under this treaty, it could come up and it could have an impact on the court's interpretation of u.s. law. >> can you name -- >> it can become part of u.s. law. >> can you name any other u.n. treaty that has forced changes in u.s. law? >> i didn't come prepared to cite supreme court precedent on this point, but it's a -- >> what you're saying is totally hypo
and the u.s. supreme court has said that a non-self executing treaty doesn't create obligations that could be enforced in u.s. federal courts. >> the fact that it may be non-self executing, anderson, doesn't mean that it doesn't have any impact at all. it just means that you might not be able to bring a lawsuit arising under that treaty. >> but it doesn't become the law of the u.s. >> actually, it does. article 6 of the u.s. constitution says any treaty ratified by a...
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well as the u.s. aims to wind the wars down abroad new details are coming out about those detained the u.s. held more than two hundred afghan teenagers this is according to a report a u.s. report to the united nations authorities say they were captured in the conflict with al qaeda and held at a facility near bhagam air force base for about a year the average age sixteen years old that means many of those detained are likely younger the reason the teens were held according to the report is to prevent a combat and from returning to the battlefield from our to correspondent ana stasia churkin to joins us from new york i understand so what else do we know about the teens that were captured well there's a really a curious story like you mentioned we have over the last several years what has been going on is over two hundred afghan teenagers that were captured a detained as a result of the fight against how the taliban and al qaeda in afghanistan and held out a u.s. military prison. air base and the shocki
well as the u.s. aims to wind the wars down abroad new details are coming out about those detained the u.s. held more than two hundred afghan teenagers this is according to a report a u.s. report to the united nations authorities say they were captured in the conflict with al qaeda and held at a facility near bhagam air force base for about a year the average age sixteen years old that means many of those detained are likely younger the reason the teens were held according to the report is to...
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treaty becoming u.s. law. u.n. treaty superseding u.s. law, becoming the law of the land. >> a, not true. as far as i am aware in any significant case. >> he cites a multitude of cases. >> i was familiar with one of the cases he cited, the bond case, which was not in the supreme court about the treaty obligation to the united states at all. >> the united nations? >> the united nations. no, no. the treaty obligations of the united states under the united nations at all. the other point is that the congress has said, john kerry, who is chairman of the foreign relations committee, has said there is no rights created to sue in an american court based on this treaty. you can't wave this treaty and go into an american courtroom and say we're going to take your kids away. you can't do anything in an american courtroom under this treaty. >> the thing he keeps saying and a lot of supporters of this keep saying is a u.n. bureaucracy, a u.n. bureaucrat based in geneva, which they keep pointing out, is going to have power over an american child. that
treaty becoming u.s. law. u.n. treaty superseding u.s. law, becoming the law of the land. >> a, not true. as far as i am aware in any significant case. >> he cites a multitude of cases. >> i was familiar with one of the cases he cited, the bond case, which was not in the supreme court about the treaty obligation to the united states at all. >> the united nations? >> the united nations. no, no. the treaty obligations of the united states under the united nations at...
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u.s. senate unanimously passes the national defense authorization act but there is more to this legislation than meets the eye i will tell you five things you need to know about the n.d.a. and what's in a name no matter if you call this military contractor blackwater z. or even academy the fact is that this organization still plays a major role in the war in afghanistan and their camp integrity is gaining even more pentagon support we'll discuss the role of the private contractors in afghanistan coming up. and if you've got taxes on your income we're getting bad get ready for this uncle sam is looking for ways to fix the student debt crisis by taking money right out of borrowers paychecks a new solution to an old problem coming up. good evening it's wednesday december fifth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine freeze out and you're watching our team let's begin this evening with what happened yesterday in a vote of ninety eight to zero the senate passed the national defense authorizat
u.s. senate unanimously passes the national defense authorization act but there is more to this legislation than meets the eye i will tell you five things you need to know about the n.d.a. and what's in a name no matter if you call this military contractor blackwater z. or even academy the fact is that this organization still plays a major role in the war in afghanistan and their camp integrity is gaining even more pentagon support we'll discuss the role of the private contractors in...
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some of the u.s. government's most horrific war crimes even more so the reaction to those revelations has revealed the u.s. military is under impunity from said crimes many people including myself see bradley many as a hero who put his life on the line to provide the truth to the american public the u.s. government however sees manning as a traitor and is charging him with aiding the enemies.
some of the u.s. government's most horrific war crimes even more so the reaction to those revelations has revealed the u.s. military is under impunity from said crimes many people including myself see bradley many as a hero who put his life on the line to provide the truth to the american public the u.s. government however sees manning as a traitor and is charging him with aiding the enemies.
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the u.s. already has a vast military presence in the persian gulf to secure key oil shipping lanes under the banner of chasing terrorists the u.s. is setting up new drone bases on the arabian peninsula including one in djibouti which is on the other side of the strait of babel and that the arrangement that the united states government has with the yemeni government is basically one of bribery we bribe them with money and weapons and in exchange we get to bomb their country was impunity. but it may be a dangerous proposition for the yemeni government because of the uproar this crisis caused among the population. an american plane bombed this place and killed seven. the people they were innocent they did not deserve to die he wanted so late to go we were protesting the year for it to happen he left what do we have now americans are coming to our land to kill us the journalist who shot these images of a two thousand and nine drone strike in yemen that killed fourteen women and twenty one children
the u.s. already has a vast military presence in the persian gulf to secure key oil shipping lanes under the banner of chasing terrorists the u.s. is setting up new drone bases on the arabian peninsula including one in djibouti which is on the other side of the strait of babel and that the arrangement that the united states government has with the yemeni government is basically one of bribery we bribe them with money and weapons and in exchange we get to bomb their country was impunity. but it...
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u.s. invasion fetus is poised on syria's border. plus one step forward one step back and just as the americans senator slashes of cold war era nor limiting trade it approves a visa ban on surging russian officials provoking promise of a similar move from moscow. you know what you must go live for you know what you are to live for moscow rather with me to bomb would say we start off in egypt where the long and dissipated state address by egypt's president morsi has failed to silence the angry voices on the streets of cairo apologises claim he's still ignored big key demands by volume to push on with the reverend i'm on an islamist led constitution on that from cairo based reporter. president mohamed morsi basically stuck by his decisions he said in his speech he said this consulate curation which was very contentious very people described it as a power grab was essential basically in the transition period to democracy and very important protecting the constituent assembly which drafted the
u.s. invasion fetus is poised on syria's border. plus one step forward one step back and just as the americans senator slashes of cold war era nor limiting trade it approves a visa ban on surging russian officials provoking promise of a similar move from moscow. you know what you must go live for you know what you are to live for moscow rather with me to bomb would say we start off in egypt where the long and dissipated state address by egypt's president morsi has failed to silence the angry...
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the u.s. says it's a preventative measure we need to do i do everything we can to make sure these suspected enemy combatants don't return into the battlefield and cause they're not charged with any crime whatsoever there's no mandatory rule that they need to be provided with legal assistance they're saying that these afghan teenagers were allowed for example to participate in open hearings and defend themselves afghan teenagers defending themselves we have to say that most of the many of them have been released or transferred to the afghan government at this point but many do remain as well. and right after this break of talks with the director general of the bolshoi theater about the paulson future juries russian opera house rather enjoys. you to slow enough to ride a horse you've got to. catch it first. for him it's a daily routine that just softens a horse breeder on the island of horn at the heart of. his life on an isolated farm is about blue sky green grass and horses what sometimes it g
the u.s. says it's a preventative measure we need to do i do everything we can to make sure these suspected enemy combatants don't return into the battlefield and cause they're not charged with any crime whatsoever there's no mandatory rule that they need to be provided with legal assistance they're saying that these afghan teenagers were allowed for example to participate in open hearings and defend themselves afghan teenagers defending themselves we have to say that most of the many of them...
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a very difficult position after the u.s. secretary of state has said that that is, of course, a red line. >> absolutely. and in case people are just tuning in, jennifer, i want them to know what's happened now because this is a turning point for us. in fact, jennifer griffin joining us by phone from the d.c. newsroom there. jennifer, this is different because for the first time we have seen president assad inside syria then get ready, prepare with the saran gas, chemical weapon. he hasn't done it yet but we are on the brink possibly. >> it's really the sign of a desperate regime. it's really not. there is it assad giving the orders? are they being prepared by rogue elements within his military? all we know is that there is a great deal of concern as the u.s. officials and others nato has -- have received information suggesting that that saran gas has been mixed and is ready to use and according to our sources they have 60 days to use it until it expires or else it needs to be destroyed. so, a lot of very tense hours as we wa
a very difficult position after the u.s. secretary of state has said that that is, of course, a red line. >> absolutely. and in case people are just tuning in, jennifer, i want them to know what's happened now because this is a turning point for us. in fact, jennifer griffin joining us by phone from the d.c. newsroom there. jennifer, this is different because for the first time we have seen president assad inside syria then get ready, prepare with the saran gas, chemical weapon. he hasn't...
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if the u.s. goes over the cliff, if confidence starts to rock around, if we have financial market turbulences, demand for safe havens should go up. we already see these small movements with very well volumes where there's a little bit of money flowing back into safe havens now. i would expect gold to have some role in this, as well. >> what's interesting is given that and given all the reasons why people have historically liked gold, you would have expected it to be a strong asset class in the second half of the year, maybe with some of these uncertainties around. but that wasn't the case. it really underperformed and that has caught so much attention because it suggests people, you know, what really are the drivers here? >> yeah, quite. so safe haven less so, but still what you're seeing is em central banks continue to add and essentially if you like catching up with some of the nations. iraq add to gold as well as the many other em central banks. we still own gold, so we're still looking for it
if the u.s. goes over the cliff, if confidence starts to rock around, if we have financial market turbulences, demand for safe havens should go up. we already see these small movements with very well volumes where there's a little bit of money flowing back into safe havens now. i would expect gold to have some role in this, as well. >> what's interesting is given that and given all the reasons why people have historically liked gold, you would have expected it to be a strong asset class...
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u.s. politicians reached a deal to stop tax rises in spending cuts from damaging the american and the global economy? hillary clinton is being treated at this hospital in new york. she has a blood clot. there's concern over the health of the venezuelan president who has suffered complications after cancer surgery in cuba. walk into bbc world news. coming up, and look back at the british troops as they prepared handover to afghan forces. new zealand becomes the first major city to welcome 2013. time is running out for politicians in the united states to strike a deal to prevent the economy from going over the so- called fiscal cliff. that is when a package of automatic spending cuts and tax rises comes into fact which could set the country back into recession. that less than 20 hours into the generate the first deadline. >> as night descended on washington, no deal precentors went home with a low over 24 hours to go before the huge austerity package known as the fiscal cliff, something almo
u.s. politicians reached a deal to stop tax rises in spending cuts from damaging the american and the global economy? hillary clinton is being treated at this hospital in new york. she has a blood clot. there's concern over the health of the venezuelan president who has suffered complications after cancer surgery in cuba. walk into bbc world news. coming up, and look back at the british troops as they prepared handover to afghan forces. new zealand becomes the first major city to welcome 2013....
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network and named u.s. officials confirmed and like a was involved in the assassination of a number of iranian nuclear scientists backed by israeli intelligence service my son by israel secret service this quaint tehran is named after the terrorists a man iranian nuclear scientist killed in his own car this area known as midan job is a very popular and vibrant place many people pass through here while heading to the mountains resort outside to hear on an ideal location to remind people about something that shouldn't be forgotten or forgiven. mohammad says and make a recognized as a democratic alternative to run in authorities feel so real to him that. nothing's changed they are terrorist tactics may be changed but still the west uses it to get information to get what they want. and the terrorists he says is likely to keep his brutal ways to. from iran. syrian leaders claim terrorist groups are behind the deadly shelling in northern syria opposition activists said the attack that killed twenty people with at
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the u.s. senate passes a bill removing barriers to trade with moscow while at the same time backing sanctions against russian officials for human rights violations. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from. the egyptian army has cleared protesters from around the area in the presidential palace clashes between rival demonstrations that took place there overnight left at least seven dead and hundreds injured tanks were brought in the supporters and opponents of president morsy forty each other into the early morning. report a belt crew is outside the presidential palace. but as you can probably see behind me there are hundreds gathered here as marches converge outside the presidential palace who were calling for the end of morsi and the every singing his constitutional declaration be seen a reaction on an official level in quite a big manner for example we had at least six of most aides resigned over the violence in addition to the heads of the state television
the u.s. senate passes a bill removing barriers to trade with moscow while at the same time backing sanctions against russian officials for human rights violations. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from. the egyptian army has cleared protesters from around the area in the presidential palace clashes between rival demonstrations that took place there overnight left at least seven dead and hundreds injured tanks were brought in the supporters and opponents of...
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the u.s. is updating its military plans against syria as new intelligence shows assad's regime is loading sarin gas into bombs. and president obama's pot problem. let's go "outfront." >>> i'm tom foreman in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, the magic number after a whole week of harsh words here in washington and threats to, did house speaker john boehner hint ever so slightly at a compromise today that could finally edge us away from the dreaded fiscal cliff? it comes down to tax rates. this is a huge sticking point in the stalled negotiations between the president and mr. boehner. obama says the top rate on household income above $250,000 should rise from 35% to 39.6%. boehner wants the rate to stay at 35% or even lower. but what about meeting in the middle? around 37%? listen carefully to the speaker when he was asked today whether that rate could be the answer to this impasse. >> there are a lot of things that are possible. to put the revenue the president seeks on the table. but none of
the u.s. is updating its military plans against syria as new intelligence shows assad's regime is loading sarin gas into bombs. and president obama's pot problem. let's go "outfront." >>> i'm tom foreman in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, the magic number after a whole week of harsh words here in washington and threats to, did house speaker john boehner hint ever so slightly at a compromise today that could finally edge us away from the dreaded fiscal cliff? it comes down...